Dragon Warrior VII

[Ando85]

Wondering if any escapist have played and/or finished the game. It is a behemoth. I'm at like 61 hours and I don't even think I'm close to 2/3 done. It has been sort of an ongoing project in between playing other games. I found I can actually pick this one up and get back into it after months of not playing it. I find it hard to do that with most games.

 

[kyogen]

Before Gamepro was shut down, it had an rpg podcast: Roleplayer's Realm. Episode 5 is all about Dragon Quest and its 25th anniversary. One of the guests is a game designer and blogger who spends a fair bit of time talking about DW VII, how much he loves it, and how often he's finished it. If you're interested, here's the link to the podcast archives (you'll have to scroll down a little): http://cdn1.gamepro.com/video/podcast/roleplayersrealm/podcast.xml

But no, I've never played it. Had enough of a challenge with VIII and didn't want to go back. It sounds like it might be a really interesting game, though.

 

[Ando85]

I found it hard to put away and come back since there are so many places and "times" to explore. Put it away and you can easily lose track. Not ot mention tracking down all of the ? Shards... I think I may be missing one or two still.

But yeah, it's enormous. Aside from the areas, did you notice the sheer amount of job/monster classes that you can be?

As I mentionned in the group, I am at God (bonus content). He mops the floor with me at around turn 7 or 8.

Side-note: Ever play RPG Maker 2 on PS2. It plays exactly like DQ7. You could feasibly make a game similar to DQ7 on it (memory limitations aside).

Yeah thats the only problem I had when coming back to it. But, I scanned through a walkthru and got back on track pretty quickly. Otherwise the story and combat mechanics were easy to remember.

Aye I noticed there's so many classes and takes quite awhile to master them. One of the reasons why I have the drive to play the game. I actually might just play it all day since I don't have anything I have to do.

on a site note about RPG Maker:

Never played RPG Maker 2 other than watching a friend fool around on it. When it comes to RPG makers I prefer the PC ones. I actually made an 8 hourish RPG comparable tech wise to a SNES game on RPG Maker 2000. 8 hours is pretty quick but you can imagine how long it would take one person to create that.

Sadly despite having it saved in 4 places I lost it. My computer basically died on me, my friend had to reformat, a thumb drive got broken, and a file sharing site expired.

 

[Cheesepower5]

Putting it away was never a problem, I remember the times and places. I just have trouble finding certain shards. Great game, of course. I sunk 200 hours into beating it start to finish after getting halfway in the same time and giving up.

 

[Syntax Error]

OH GOD!!! 91 Hours of my life was spent on that one! And you know the worst bit? I haven't even unlocked half of the available classes! Plus it's got a lot of very memorable moments. An early ally leaving you and staying in the past, what happened to the inhabitants of a small island ravaged by tentacled vegetation, and more!

If you haven't stumbled upon it yet, there's a skill you can learn for a class that can help you reliably (about 50% chance) kill Metal Slimes. That's the best way to level in the game, IIRC.